ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER POPULATION, Total five state/territory(d)(e)

All deaths

no.

2 028

2 730

2 879

Infant deaths

no.

124

100

104

Standardised death rate(a)

rate

10.0

9.8

9.8

Crude death rate(f)

rate

4.0

4.2

4.4

Infant mortality rate(c)

rate

10.7

6.0

6.5

(a) Deaths per 1,000 standard population. Standardised death rates use the age distribution of total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population.

(b) Deaths per 1,000 population.

(c) Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

(d) Data are for total five state/territory (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory combined), based on state or territory of usual residence. Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory are excluded due to the small numbers of registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths.

(e) Rates presented for total five state/territory are based on three year averages. They are calculated for each calendar year and then averaged for the three years ending in the year in the table heading.

(f) Deaths per 1,000 estimated resident population for 2005 and population projections for 2014 and 2015.

1.2 BIRTHS REGISTERED, Indigenous status of the birth - 2015(a)

Indigenous status of the birth

State or territory of usual residence

Sex

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Non-Indigenous

Not stated

Total

NSW

Males

3 049

48 239

54

51 342

Females

3 026

45 676

35

48 737

Persons

6 075

93 915

89

100 079

Vic.

Males

650

37 007

175

37 832

Females

618

34 986

132

35 736

Persons

1 268

71 993

307

73 568

Qld

Males

2 651

29 143

56

31 850

Females

2 556

27 284

55

29 895

Persons

5 207

56 427

111

61 745

SA

Males

493

9 393

132

10 018

Females

483

8 962

124

9 569

Persons

976

18 355

256

19 587

WA

Males

1 499

16 224

353

18 076

Females

1 490

15 259

310

17 059

Persons

2 989

31 483

663

35 135

Tas.

Males

254

2 678

-

2 932

Females

258

2 488

1

2 748

Persons

512

5 166

3

5 680

NT

Males

730

1 379

-

2 109

Females

625

1 270

-

1 895

Persons

1 355

2 649

-

4 004

ACT

Males

84

2 821

5

2 910

Females

64

2 563

5

2 632

Persons

148

5 384

10

5 542

Aust.(b)

Males

9 413

146 900

775

157 088

Females

9 124

138 502

663

148 289

Persons

18 537

285 402

1 438

305 377

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

(a) Births data has been included to allow for the calculation of infant mortality rates. Detailed births and fertility data will be released in Births, Australia, 2015 (cat. no. 3301.0) on 8 November 2016.